Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pos pn] second [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merulo , as one would expect of such a prolific instrumental composer , included in his second book of motets ( 1593 ) 7 per concerti e per cantare , and after his death were published two remarkable Masses , on Giaches de Wert 's madrigal ‘ Cara la vita mia ’ for two choirs and on Andrea Gabrieli 's ‘ Benedicam Dominum ’ itself a three-choir work — for three . |
| 2 | I had been selected in my second year at Eton , while I was still a Lower boy , to box against the Eton Mission from Hackney Wick in the East End of London . |
| 3 | It was well received at first , but the mood of the House changed and the Government was defeated on its Second Reading on 19th February . |
| 4 | The British Nationality ( Hong Kong ) Bill was introduced in the United Kingdom House of Commons on April 4 , and approved at its second reading on April 19 , following the announcement in December 1989 by Douglas Hurd , the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , that full British citizenship would be given to some 225,000 people in the colony in order to restore confidence there in the wake of the military repression of pro-democracy demonstrations in China in May-June 1989 [ see pp. 36720-22 ; 37122 ] . |
| 5 | The British Nationality ( Hong Kong ) Act , approved at its second reading in April by the UK parliament [ see p. 37376 ] , received the royal assent on July 26 , whilst Maude was in Beijing . |
| 6 | He continued in that post under her four successors , assisted by his second wife as a lady of the household , declaring his belief in Anne 's adultery and in 1539 threatening to disinherit his son for failing in attentions to Thomas Cromwell [ q.v . ] . |
| 7 | THE STRENGTH of Eileen Rose Power 's iron play on the fourth day of the Irish Ladies ' classic was gloriously illustrated by her second shot to the 10th hole at Royal Belfast . |
| 8 | The Konica League part-timers had only 16 minutes left of their second leg in Cork to negotiate when late goals by Pat Morley and substitute Johnny Glynn earned the Irish champions victory on away goals . |
| 9 | Faced with his second mutiny in barely a day Jones agreed , though insisting his men must not search or damage the house but merely demand the family silver . |
| 10 | Whilst I had changed into my second set of wedding clothes Margaret had explained that the Remington-Harts had bought a country house in Downshurst in the last year . |
| 11 | Lexington , Kentucky-based Lexmark International Inc says that operating profits more than doubled in its second year as an independent $2,000m-a-year company , but unhelpfully does n't provide any numbers : worldwide shipments of IBM personal printers made by what used to be the typewriter arm of IBM grew 20% and the typewriter and supplies businesses both substantially exceeded their financial targets , it says ; debt is now below $700m from the $1,150m in March 1991 , and this year 's portion of debt obligation has already been paid in advance . |
| 12 | I believe that he has just returned from his second visit to Nepal — a country with which this country has had good relations for about 175 years . |